SB 724 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.

Summary
Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses; on-and-off premises wine and beer licenses. Defines performing arts facility and sports facility and standardizes the eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses and on-and-off-premises wine and beer licenses for performing arts food concessionaires. Under current law, the eligibility criteria for such licenses varies by location and includes inconsistent ownership, lease, capacity, and seating requirements. The bill also removes provisions that allow the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licenses and motor car sporting event facility licenses and creates an annual mixed beverage sports facility license, which may be granted to persons operating a sports facility or food concessions at a sports facility and would authorize the licensee to sell mixed beverages during any event and immediately subsequent thereto to patrons within all seating areas, concourses, walkways, concession areas, and additional locations designated by the Board (i) in closed containers for off-premises consumption or (ii) in paper, plastic, or similar disposable containers or in single original metal cans for on-premises consumption. This bill is identical to HB 1349, SB 180, SB 400, and SB 657.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 19, 2024 Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2024

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 1, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/24)
Mar 7, 2024
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Mar 6, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Mar 6, 2024
Senate · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB724ER)
Mar 1, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
Feb 28, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
Feb 28, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N)
Feb 27, 2024
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed by for the day
Feb 22, 2024
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 14, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
Feb 13, 2024
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Feb 6, 2024
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Feb 2, 2024
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
Jan 19, 2024
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Jan 19, 2024
Senate · Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24104555D
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Bill Stanley
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
VA
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